1 From Burnout to Balance About Heartfulness • Programs are offered by The Heartfulness Institute, a nonprofit global organization • Mission: Develop peaceful, healthy and holistically‐educated individuals and children, families and communities, organizations and businesses, and government organizations with a spirit of human well‐being and oneness • Over 50,000 volunteers and 8,000 trainers in more than 130 countries in the world • Programs for children to improve their creativity, interest in learning • Community relaxation, meditation and rejuvenation practices based • Self‐development programs in colleges and universities • Wellness programs for corporations to lower stress and improve teamwork
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From Burnout to Balance
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About Heartfulness
• Programs are offered by The Heartfulness Institute, a nonprofit global organization
• Mission: Develop peaceful, healthy and holistically‐educated individuals and children, families and communities, organizations and businesses, and government organizations with a spirit of human well‐being and oneness
• Over 50,000 volunteers and 8,000 trainers in more than 130 countries in the world
• Programs for children to improve their creativity, interest in learning
• Community relaxation, meditation and rejuvenation practices based
• Self‐development programs in colleges and universities
• Wellness programs for corporations to lower stress and improve teamwork
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Causes
� Stress is your body’s response to change1
� Stress is caused by the body's instinct to defend itself 2
� Stress is any experience that we believe should be different from what it is 3
� Any circumstance that threatens, or is perceived to threaten, one’s well‐being thereby creates stress4
� Types of stress include conflict, pressure, frustration, change4
Emotional Benefits• Less Anger• Acceptance• Empathy• Happiness• Compassion
Effects on the brain
• “Fight or flight” center – the amygdala shrinks
• Pre‐frontal cortex ‐associated with awareness & decision making ‐thickens
Effects on DNA
‐ Telomeres lengthened after 12‐week study
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Effects on Brain WavesAccess deeper states of Alpha, Theta & Delta
“I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”
‐ A. Einstein
Leading with the HEART
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How to Practice Heartfulness Meditation
Close your eyes
Have the suggestion that the source of light is present within your heart and it is attracting your attention from w
If thoughts arise, then gently bring your attention back to the “source of heart”
Relaxation & Meditation Session
Meditation in Progress
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Note Your Observations:How long could you meditate for?
What did you observe?How did you feel to focus on the heart ?
Questions?
• Practice on your own at home every day• visit www.Heartfulness.org for meditation & relaxation exercises, tips and guida• Heartfulness Channel on YouTube• Download the “Lets Meditate” app on IOS and Android Phones• Visit www.HeartfulnessMagazine.com for free subscription to digital magazine• Reference book: “The Heartfulness Way” by Kamlesh D. Patel and Joshua Pollock
• Find a Heartfulness Trainer and info on weekly meetup locations to purit more vigorously at: http://heartspots.heartfulness.org